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Garnett On The Constitutionality Of Legislative Prayer (Audio), Richard W. Garnett

Richard W Garnett

Bloomberg Law Podcast Host June Grasso examines the major legal issues affecting business. Professor Richard Garnett of Notre Dame Law School discusses an upcoming Supreme Court case on whether prayer at the start of town meetings violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. He talks with June Grasso on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg Law."

Gideon's Promise And Peril, Alexandra Natapoff

Alexandra Natapoff

Natural Disasters And Early Warning Systems In Australia, Emma Papaemanuel, Katina Michael, Peter Johnston

Professor Katina Michael

Australia's national emergency warning system alerts. Radio program in Greek.

Are Disaster Early Warnings Effective?, Kerri Worthington, Katina Michael, Peter Johnson, Paul Barnes

Professor Katina Michael

Australia's summer is traditionally a time of heightened preparation for natural disasters, with cyclones and floods menacing the north and bushfires a constant threat in the south. And the prospect of more frequent, and more intense, disasters thanks to climate change has brought the need for an effective early warning system to the forefront of policy-making. Technological advances and improved telecommunication systems have raised expectations that warning of disasters will come early enough to keep people safe. But are those expectations too high? Kerri Worthington reports. Increasingly, the world's governments -- and their citizens -- rely on technology-based early warning …

Concern People Without Latest Technology Will Miss Fire Warnings, Sally Sara, Ashley Hall, Peter Johnson, Katina Michael

Professor Katina Michael

But what if the website goes down in the way Victoria's Country Fire Authority website crashed as fires raged a few weeks ago? What about those people who don't own the latest technology? And what happens when the power goes out?

KATINA MICHAEL: Well there's no television, there isn't ability to access the internet potentially.

ASHLEY HALL: Professor Katina Michael is Associate Professor at the School of Information Systems and Technology at the University of Wollongong.

KATINA MICHAEL: I would suggest a long lasting powered radio because we don't want is we don't want when the lights go out, or …

Rights Come With Responsibilities: Personal Jurisdiction And Corporate Personhood, Roger Michalski

Roger Michalski

No abstract provided.

To Ban Or Not To Ban Blasphemous Videos, Evelyn Aswad

Evelyn Aswad

No abstract provided.

A Proposition For Delimitation Of Maritime Boundaries And Mediterranean Security Limitation Similar To Montreux Convention, Burak Seker

Burak Sakir Seker

No abstract provided.

Innovation And Litigation: Tensions Between Universities And Patents And How To Fix Them, Jacob Rooksby

Jacob H. Rooksby

Universities that own patents have a problem. While nearly all are keen to enhance their revenue generated from patents, few are eager or prepared to enforce them in court, alone or with their exclusive licensees, should a third-party deploy a product or process covered by a university-owned patent. Yet strict prudential standing requirements imposed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) effectively require university participation as plaintiffs in enforcement lawsuits over their exclusively licensed patents, regardless of a university’s effective ability or enthusiasm to participate in a given action. Supported by nearly 40 years of …

The Judicial Invention Of Property Norms: Ellickson's Whalemen Revisited, Robert Deal

Robert C. Deal

Knowledge & Innovation In Africa: Scenarios For The Future, Jeremy De Beer, Shirin Elahi, Dick Kawooya, Chidi Oguamanam, Nagla Rizk

Jeremy de Beer

No abstract provided.